The art of obscurity… because it is an art… is one that few artists can be said to practice with true enthusiasm. Many have obscurity thrust upon them, and you can hear them grumble about it all career-long. Others snatch … ►

In 1974, on an album that her record company of the time (Island) didn’t even want to release, Linda Thompson delivered what is arguably, but probably, the most perfect vocal of the rock’n’roll era. “The Great Valerio,” written by and … ►

Ray Davies, Suzanne Vega, Paul Weller, The Zombies, and Corinne Bailey Rae are among the artists that were featured on the first series of BBC Radio 4’s Mastertapes. The Mastertapes program presents artists discussing and performing songs from an album that was vitally important to their career. ►